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Brian Yates faces number of charges after three-parish chase.
Ala. man leads cops on three-parish I-10 chase before run to ground
ST. MARTINVILLE – An Alabama man who led police on a three-parish interstate chase faces multiple charges after being run to ground. Brian Yates, 37, of Daleville, Ala. was observed by a trooper M...
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Elwood Scully talks for the flood gate plan.
'Flood proofing' plan for lower St. Martin still debated
ST. MARTINVILLE – St. Martin Parish government is leaning toward sheetpile, floodgates and pumps to keep floodwaters out of homes in the Stephensville area but not everyone agrees with the concept....
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Lightning strikes Delcambre boy on Ala. beach
GULF SHORES, Ala. – A 10-year-old Delcambre boy is in critical condition after he was struck by lightning on Gulf Shores beach Sunday morning. Family has identified the victim as Landon Broussard. ...
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Ouachita books driver on 6th DWI count
MONROE – A Marion man has been booked on his sixth DWI charge. Ouachita Parish deputies arrested John M. Pitard, 46, Friday and charged him with DWI-4. According to the arrest report, Pitard has b...
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Teen dies, becoming seventh victim; allegedly drunk driver's bond hearing Tuesday
ZACHARY – A seventh person has died from injuries suffered when a guide missile driven by an alleged drunk driver struck the vehicle he was in on May 30 near Slaughter. Greensburg resident Brett G...
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Unhelmeted ATV driver dies when machine hits tree
JONESBORO – An ATV driver turning off a state highway died when the machine hit a tree. State Police said Latherrio Austin, 29, of Jonesboro lost control of the ATV about 8 p.m. Saturday. Austin wa...
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Two die when their motocycle hits pickup head-on in no-passing zone
ROBERTS COVE – Two Basile residents were killed when their motorcycle collided head-on with a pickup near this Acadia Parish town. State Police said the accident happened on La. 98 near Panther Lan...
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Three new laws latest in fight against impaired drivers
ABBEVILLE – As funerals are being held for six persons killed in a drunk driver-caused accident near Baton Rouge, Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed yet another group of bills aimed at preventing such tr...
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Fire Marshal probing fatal fire's origin
CROWLEY - The Fire Marshal's Office continues to investigate a fire which killed a mother and her young child Thursday. According to Crowley Fire Department spokesman Robert Burke the call came in...
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Psychics' visions in missing coed's case focus on St. Martin Parish landmarks
HENDERSON – St. Martin Parish landmarks are turning up in the dreams and visions of psychics who are focusing their antennae on the disappearance of Mickey Shunick. McGee’s Landing owner David Alle...
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Woman, toddler die in Crowley fire
CROWLEY - A house fire on E. Eighth St. in Crowley which was reported at 2:30 a.m. Thursday killed a woman and her 23-month-old child. "I woke up at 2:30 a.m. last night when a police officer which...
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Good news: driver avoids drowning; Bad news: gets two tickets
LONG BRIDGE —The driver of a car that went off the road into the Vermilion River avoided drowning but didn’t avoid traffic citations. Officials said the vehicle went into the river between St. Mart...
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